The following questions are related to ‘Parenting and Children’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Licensed Psychologist.
Q: My mother-in-law is very near death, perhaps within weeks. We have had a very combative relationship from the first day my husband brought me to meet her over 28 years ago. She has never accepted me. What I have had the most difficult time with is accepting my husband’s complacency about the friction between […]
Q: I am 28 years old and have been separated from my husband for two and a half years. We were never very close, and we parted amicably. We are still friends. I have recently reconnected with my high school sweetheart. I love him very much and always have. The problem is that my parents […]
Q: I am a 30-year-old married woman with a Histrionic mother. My mom wasn’t always as bad as she is now, but after I moved out on my own at age 24 she has become really crazy. I don’t know what to do or where to turn anymore. My husband has had it with her, […]
Q: My 27-year-old daughter is very violent toward herself and others. She has tried to kill herself more than 30 times, tried to kill me and the neighbor’s kids, and threatened to kill many others. She also doesn’t have a single friend. My daughter was sexually abused by a teacher at 11 years old. The […]
Q: I have a question on how to deal with certain kinds of people. They either make it appear as if they want your input on something, or they might even ask you directly for input or a suggestion, only to reject every suggestion or answer you give them and then try to persuade you […]
Q: My little brother (16) has been molesting my little sister (14) for the past three years. My parents know about it, and have known for three years. They have put my brother in a few therapy programs (two of the programs lasted for a month or so and the rest was regular weekly therapy […]
Q: I’m a 21-year-old college student studying music, and I’ve been dating a 34-year-old man in the process of divorce for a little over two months now. It was going quite nicely up until a few weeks ago when he decided he needed space and stopped talking to me. We met online and started talking […]
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